John Ruwitch
John Ruwitch is a correspondent with NPR's international desk. He covers Chinese affairs.
Ruwitch joined NPR in early 2020, and has since chronicled the tectonic shift in America's relations with China, from hopeful engagement to suspicion-fueled competition. He's also reported on a range of other issues, including Beijing's pressure campaign on Taiwan, Hong Kong's National Security Law, Asian-Americans considering guns for self-defense in the face of rising violence and a herd of elephants roaming in the Chinese countryside in search of a home.
Ruwitch joined NPR after more than 19 years with Reuters in Asia, the last eight of which were in Shanghai. There, he first covered a broad beat that took him as far afield as the China-North Korea border and the edge of the South China Sea. Later, he led a team that covered business and financial markets in the world's second biggest economy. Ruwitch has also had postings in Hanoi, Hong Kong and Beijing, reporting on anti-corruption campaigns, elite Communist politics, labor disputes, human rights, currency devaluations, earthquakes, snowstorms, Olympic badminton and everything in between.
Ruwitch studied history at U.C. Santa Cruz and got a master's in Regional Studies East Asia from Harvard. He speaks Mandarin and Vietnamese.
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China's leader Xi Jinping is in Moscow this week on a highly watched state visit.
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Analysts say China's role as a mediator in the past suggests limits to what it may achieve when it comes to Ukraine. -
China has a new premier — Li Qiang, widely regarded as one of Xi Jinping's closest allies. We take a close look at Li's career and his government's priorities in the coming decade.
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China has unveiled a new government led by Li Qiang, a close ally of Xi Jinping. What does this new lineup tell us about China in the coming decade?
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping's rare explicit criticism of the U.S. was followed on Tuesday by a barrage of scorn and criticism aimed squarely at Washington from China's new foreign minister.
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China is holding its annual "two sessions", which will reshuffle leaders in top government jobs at a time of big challenges.
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Beijing is criticizing a congressional hearing convened to assess the threat from China's ruling Communist Party.
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China has called for a ceasefire in Ukraine, and for peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow.
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A year into Russia's war in Ukraine, China is treading a fine line in the conflict. The Biden administration says it's concerned China might give Russia "lethal support" for its campaign in Ukraine.
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There isn't much high-level contact between Washington and Beijing these days, following the shooting down of a Chinese balloon. President Biden says he will speak with China's leader soon.
